Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!

"A [preacher] who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they are necessarily reflected in his [preaching]." — BXVI

21 July 2012

Are you ready to do a great deed?

[NB. The deacons are preaching at St Dominic's this weekend. I'm celebrating the vigil Mass today at Our Lady Star of the Sea. ...

With a text, or without? That is the question!

At 5.30 this morning the USCCB lectionary webpage indicated that today is the memorial of Mary Magdalene. I prepared a homily on the ...

20 July 2012

Mercy IS a Sacrifice

[NB. Feeling puny today. . .so, I'm borrowing from myself for today's homily.] St. Appollnarius Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP...

Say NO to a Grand Bargain on Marriage!

Brilliant essay by Robert George of Princeton on the "inevitability/right side of history" rhetoric used by same-sex "marri...

19 July 2012

On being a mule for Jesus

15th Week OT (Th) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Isaiah prays, “The way of the just is smooth, O Lord; the path of...

18 July 2012

The saving power of a childlike faith

15th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Our Lord declares to his apostles and to us that he comes among us...

Praising the Idols of Death

What do you get when you cross narcissism, postmodern nihilism, elitist feminism, and the worship of the idols of the Culture of Death? ...

16 July 2012

Fr. Hollywood may not ad-lib. . .

Many liturgical ad-libbers and revolutionaries invoke the ever-malleable "Spirit of Vatican Two" to justify editing the text of ...

The bloodied tool of mercy

15th Week OT (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA If Christ makes us worthy to preach his Good News, he also prepare...

15 July 2012

Audio file: 15th Sundy OT

Here's the audio link to today's homily, "Not one of us is ready." ___________________ Follow HancAquam and visit the ...

14 July 2012

Fr. Hollywood says, "Make it new!"

As a way of indirectly answering a few questions I got while teaching last week, here's a repost from 2010 on modern liturgical abuse. ...

Not one of us is ready (Audio file added)

15th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Audio file (from the vigil Mass) Before God got a hold on him, Am...

On becoming a heretic

Excellent take-down of that WaPo story on dissident catechists who refused to sign a fidelity oath in the Diocese of Arlington. One ob...

13 July 2012

Is that wolf I smell?

14 Week OT (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Dominic Church, NOLA Wolves. Sheep. Serpents. And doves. There's a veritable Noah'...

On the Scandalous State of Catholic Catechesis

Thanks to the archdiocese's Office of Religious Education, I've been teaching basic and advanced certification class for catechists...

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